The East Bound Train; Hand Me Down My Walking Cane: Museum Object and Cultural History
The East Bound Train; Hand Me Down My Walking Cane: date made: 1927. date made: 1926. recording artist: McFarland, Lester.
The object in the museum catalogue
Kentucky Mountain Boys. side 1: The East Bound Train; side 2: Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (Supertone S2032) 78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1927 and released on Vocalion 5174. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1926 and released on Vocalion 5028.
Kentucky Mountain Boys is a pseudonym on Supertone for Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner.
Supertone Records was a record label sold by the Sears-Roebuck Company in their stores and through mail-order. The first pressings of Supertone were made by the Fletcher Record Company and then Bridgeport Die and Machine Company in 1924. Within a year, Sears discontinued the label. Supertone was produced by Straus and Schram from 1925 to 1928 after Sears failed to register the Supertone brand name. In 1928, Sears regained the brand name and sold records produced by Gennett records until 1930. The Brunswick Radio Corporation produced the last of the Supertone records through 1931.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1927
- date made: 1926
- recording artist: McFarland, Lester
- recording artist: Gardner, Robert A.
- manufacturer: Supertone
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.19079
- catalog number: 1996.0320.19079
- accession number: 1996.0320
- label number: S2032
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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